Audio

Review: Sonos Beam, the more affordable, smarter soundbar. Posted by Jason Cartwright on June 28th, 2018. 1 Sonos continues to expand its product portfolio and with the Sonos Beam, its the second product from them with a built-in voice assistant, clearly building on the success of the Sonos One. This is the...

SONOS have just announced their latest product, the SONOS Beam which is a more compact soundbar at just 65cm long. The new product isn’t just smaller in size than the Playbar and Playbase, it’s also smarter with Amazon’s Alexa built-in, while also supporting Apple’s AirPlay 2 standard and Google...

At SXSW, Bose introduced Bose AR, a very different take on what we understand Augmented Reality to be. Instead of augmenting what you see, Bose is plannning to augmented what you hear, instead of overlaying visuals in front of your eyes. Currently in the prototype stage, the glasses would...

If you need audio solution for your living room and are renting, or just don’t fancy drilling holes in your wall, then the new SONOS Playbase may be for you. The company believes that up to 70% of TVs currently sit on furniture. The Playbase comes in both black...

Design The Polk Omni SB1+ is made up of two key devices, the soundbar and the subwoofer. Both support a luxurious curves that give an elegance not always found in our modern black electronics. The soundbar has a slim profile which allows the sleek design to blend in, rather...

Headphones are an incredibly personal thing and finding the right pair is a journey that can last years. Plantronics Backbeat Pro 2 is their latest entrant into the market that plans to service all your needs in a single headset. The Pro 2 is a significant update on the original...

You’re probably most familiar with the Turtle Beach brand for their work in gaming headsets, but they’re expanding their hardware offering to now inlcude the Stream Mic. The single best feature of the desktop microphone is not its audio quality, but rather its diverse range of applications with support for...

We all like products we own getting upgraded with new features and functionality and today, if you’re the owner of a 2015 and 2016 Samsung Smart TVs, then you’re in luck. The TVs run Samsung app platform Tiezen and available now is the Spotify app. This means you get to...

Sonos have announced an update to their PLAY:5 speaker. The new refined design has a very different look to the original PLAY:5 and also has some great smarts in the software. Trueplay is software exclusive to Sonos that raises the bar for home audio. This works by adjusting your...